04289nam 2200649 450 991082378200332120230803213612.01-62637-366-310.1515/9781626373662(CKB)3710000000466092(EBL)4352990(SSID)ssj0001544548(PQKBManifestationID)16136312(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001544548(PQKBWorkID)14773489(PQKB)10471535(MiAaPQ)EBC4352990(Au-PeEL)EBL4352990(CaPaEBR)ebr11150334(OCoLC)918984150(DE-B1597)622995(DE-B1597)9781626373662(EXLCZ)99371000000046609220160209h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInsuring children's health contentious politics and public policy /Alice SardellBoulder, Colorado ;London, [England] :Lynne Rienner Publishers,2014.©20141 online resource (194 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-62637-035-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Title page; copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; ch1-Policy Frameworks and Children's Health; Policy Frameworks; The Interview Process; Boundary-Setting: The History of Federal Child Health Policy; Notes; ch2-The Emergence of the Child Health Advocacy Community; The Emergence of Children's Advocacy; Medicaid Expansion and the Child Health Advocacy Coalition; The Nature of the Children's Health Policy Network; Framing Investment in Children's Health; Notes; ch3-Policy Legacies and Political Entrepreneurs: Enacting Children's Health InsuranceAn Overview of the Enactment of SCHIPChildren's Health Insurance and the Policy Agenda; Policy Formulation: The Legacy of the Medicaid Block Grant Battle; The Dynamic of Entrepreneurial Activity; Notes; ch4-Ideological Conflict over a "Bipartisan" Program; SCHIP at Ten: Reauthorization Issues; The Legislative Process in 2007; 2008: Responses to the August 17 Directive; 2009: The Enactment of an Expanded Children's Insurance Program; Notes; ch5-Expanding the Program: Advocacy and Framing; Groups, Coalitions, and Advocacy Strategies; Framing SCHIP ExpansionFraming Opposition to SCHIP Expansion: Guarding the BorderSummarizing the Framing of SCHIP Expansion; Notes; ch6-The State of Children's Health; The Achievements and Challenges of SCHIP/CHIP; Going Forward: The ACA and Children's Health Coverage; US Children's Health Status: A Portrait of Disparities; The Comparative Perspective; Notes; Acronyms; References; Index; About the BookAssuring that low-income children have health coverage would seem to be a noncontroversial and popular issue. Yet, the policy history of US children’s health insurance is full of drama, and the fate of the federal State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) has been marked by ideological conflict and two presidential vetoes. Why? Alice Sardell answers this question through an examination of the policy legacies and decisions that shaped SCHIP, the advocacy strategies that created and sustained it, and the actors who interacted to either support or oppose its expansion. Equally, her analysis illustrates the critical importance of policy entrepreneurs, both inside and outside government, in the US policymaking process.Child health servicesGovernment policyUnited StatesChild health insuranceUnited StatesPoor childrenMedical careGovernment policyUnited StatesHealth services accessibilityUnited StatesChild health servicesGovernment policyChild health insurancePoor childrenMedical careGovernment policyHealth services accessibility368.38/20083Sardell Alice1604724MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823782003321Insuring children's health3929680UNINA